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Modeling Human Metabolic Syndrom and Type 2 Diabetes in Rodents

 
  May 31, 2007  
     
 
The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
August 5-7, 2007


Sunday, August 5th

PM
6:00 - 7:00 Registration

7:00 - 8:00 Welcome/ Mixer

8:00 – 9:00 High throughput screening of botanical compounds with insulin sensitizing properties
William Cefalu, Pennington Biomedical Research Center



Monday, August 6th

Morning Session I - Metabolic Syndrome and Mice - Alan Attie, Chair

AM
8:00 –8:30 Welcome to The Jackson Laboratory
Edward Leiter and Richard Woychik, The Jackson Laboratory

8:30 - 9:00 Genetic & Genomic Approaches to Diabetes Gene Discovery in Mice
Alan Attie, University of Wisconsin, Madison

9:00 – 9:30 Finding the right mouse for studying the metabolic syndrome
Karen Svenson., The Jackson Laboratory

9:30 - 10:00 Inbred strain variations in glucose tolerance and resistance to metabolic stress
Clayton Mathews, Rangos Research Center, University of Pittsburgh

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break, CC Little Lobby

Morning Session II - Genomic Manipulations for Discovery - Yaki Barak, Chair

10:30 – 11:00 Genetics and Systems Biology of Metabolic Disease in Chromosome Substitution Strains
Joseph Nadeau, Case Western Reserve University

PM
11:00 - 11:30 Genetic perturbations in segregating populations of mice induce changes in network states that drive disease
Eric Schadt, Merck/Rosetta

11:30 – 12:00 Haplotype mapping of HDL-cholesterol QTLs
Beverly Paigen, The Jackson Laboratory

12:00 – 12:30 Discussion

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch, Roscoe’s

Afternoon Session - Genetic Manipulations II - Cliff Rosen, Chair

2:00 – 2:30 Mouse models for studying T2D pathophysiology
Derek Leroith, National Institutes of Health


2:30 - 3:00 Functional genomics of diabetes: RNAi modulation in human stem cell models
John Hambor, Pfizer Global Research and Development

3:00 - 3:30 “Humanizing” the mouse
Leonard Shultz, The Jackson Laboratory

3:30 - 4:00 Coffee Break, CC Little Lobby

4:00 – 4:30 Non-genetic variation in diet-induced obesity in C57BL/6J mice
Leslie Kozak, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation

4:30 – 5:00 Molecular Genetics of PPARgamma
Yaacov Barak, The Jackson Laboratory

5:00 - 5:30 Discussion

Tuesday, August 7th

Morning Session - New Mouse Models - Ed Leiter, Chair

AM
8:00 – 8:45 Roger Cone Plenary Speaker

8:45 – 9:00 Discussion

9:00 – 9:30 Evaluating NONcNZO10, a new polygenic model of T2D
Cai Li, Merck Research Laboratories

9:30 – 10:00 NONcNZO10/LtJ Mice; A Better Model of Translational Pharmacology for Type 2 Diabetes?
Michael Gibbs, PGRD, Groton Laboratories

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break, CC Little Auditorium

10:30 - 11:00 TallyHo mice
Juergen Naggert, The Jackson Laboratory

11:00-11:30 Modeling Alström’s Syndrome in ALMS1 mice
Gayle Collin, The Jackson Laboratory

11:30 – 12:00 New insights into T2D pathophysiology in NZO mice
Hans-Georg Joost, German Institute of Human Nutrition


PM
12:00 – 12:30 Predicting diabetic kidney disease in mouse models
Matthew Breyer. Eli Lilly and Company

12:30 – 1:00 Discussion

1:00 - 2:00 Lunch, Roscoe’s

Afternoon Session - Rat Models - Howard Jacob, Chair

2:00 – 2:30 Using rat models to understand T2D pathophysiology
Howard Jacob, Medical College of Wisconsin

2:30 – 3:00 A rat model for the metabolic syndrome and longevity
Charles Burant, University of Michigan

3:00 – 3:30 Using the GK rat to study T2D pathophysiology
Carina Ammala, GlaxoSmithKline

4:00 – 6:30 Harbor Cruise, Departs from Bar Harbor Regency

6:30 Lobster Dinner, Pool House at Bar Harbor Club

9:00 Water Taxi from Pool House to Bar Harbor Regency

 
 
Organized by: The Jackson Laboratory
Invited Speakers: Dr. Carina Ammala, GlaxoSmithKline
Dr. Alan Attie, University of Wisconsin
Dr. Yaacov Barak, The Jackson Laboratory
Dr. Matthew Breyer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Dr. Charles Burant, University of Michigan
Dr. William Cefalu, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Ms. Gayle Collin, The Jackson Laboratory
Dr. E. Michael Gibbs, PGRD, Groton Laboratories
Dr. John E. Hambor, Pfizer Global Research and Devleopment
Dr. Howard Jacob, Medical College of Wisconsin
Dr. Hans-Georg Joost, German Institute of Human Nutrition
Dr. Leslie Kozak, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Dr. Derek LeRoith, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dr. Ed Leiter, The Jackson Laboratory
Dr. Cai Li, Merck Research Laboratories
Dr. Clayton Matthews, Rangos Research Center
Dr. Joseph Nadeau, Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Juergen Naggert, The Jackson Laboratory
Dr. Beverly Paigen, The Jackson Laboratory
Dr. Eric Schadt, Merck/Rosetta
Dr. Leonard Shultz, The Jackson Laboratory
Ms. Karen Svenson, The Jackson Laboratory
 
Deadline for Abstracts: N/A
 
Registration: Registration fee includes meeting materials, coffee breaks, lunches, and one special banquet dinner. $600.00; student discount registration fee is $300.00 Student discount requires proof of enrollment in an accredited degree program, or postdoc training, or medical internship. To register for this meeting visit the conference webpage to download the Conference Registration Form If you have any difficulties, contact the coordinator immediately and she will send you an alternate form,
E-mail: erin.mcdevitt@jax.org
 
   
 
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